The Original Heavy Metal Pioneers

JGuy Grungeman · 01-27-2016, 03:15 PM

Let's talk about the original hard rock groups that played a big role on the influence of heavy metal. You know, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Uriah Heep, Scorpions, etc. The earliest of the early. Proto-metal. The Pioneers. Let's talk about how it went on to influence all metal. That's what this whole thread is for.

So, I'll start a topic.who do you say is the first band to really start the sound? I'd say Led Zeppelin for their 1969 albums I & II. And if Immigrant SOng from III ain't heavy metal...

**Frownland** · 01-27-2016, 03:20 PM

Not hard rock but stuff if it weren't for stuff like this, metal wouldn't have come about.

Another good answer would be The Stooges' Funhouse for popularizing that brand of chaos.

JGuy Grungeman · 01-27-2016, 03:25 PM

Possibly. I don't see the majority of it popularizing "heavy metal," but maybe other kinds of metal? I can see more orchestral and dramatic kinds.

Mondo Bungle · 01-27-2016, 03:29 PM

I'm lowkey super into ptoto-metal.

Some relatively unknown and underrated stuff

Not that unknown but a great album

If you'd call them proto metal, although they're right there on the cusp, Deep Purple is the best. Just a rocking and shredding album here

JGuy Grungeman · 01-27-2016, 04:10 PM

Proto-metal was intended to be a joke, really.

Chula Vista · 01-27-2016, 04:18 PM

All great stuff. Cream and Hendrix kinda set the table. LZ1 was truly the first heavy metal album IMO. I mean, come on? This is January of 1969.

That's 47 ****ing years ago!

Mondo Bungle · 01-27-2016, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

Proto-metal was intended to be a joke, really.

so all these bands are just parodies playing nonsense huh

JGuy Grungeman · 01-27-2016, 04:53 PM

... The joke was that proto-metal isn't a common term, let alone enough to qualify as a popular descriptor like "proto-punk."

Mondo Bungle · 01-27-2016, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

... The joke was that proto-metal isn't a common term,

You don't think so? Man and here I am seeing it all over the place for years, describing all these bands.

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/russto...t_proto_metal/
20 Greatest Proto-Metal Hard Rock Pioneers - VH1
Top 10 Proto-Metal Albums | AUX.TV
Proto-Metal: 5 Bands That Shaped The Genre - My Freakin Ears!
PROTO-METAL, a metal music subgenre

Only term I ever used.

JGuy Grungeman · 01-27-2016, 05:26 PM

Weird, I'm the first person I've ever known who's used it. I guess I'm wrong.

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JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	The Original Heavy Metal Pioneers Let's talk about the original hard rock groups that played a big role on the influence of heavy metal. You know, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Uriah Heep, Scorpions, etc. The earliest of the early. Proto-metal. The Pioneers. Let's talk about how it went on to influence all metal. That's what this whole thread is for. So, I'll start a topic.who do you say is the first band to really start the sound? I'd say Led Zeppelin for their 1969 albums I & II. And if Immigrant SOng from III ain't heavy metal... __________________ I'm a pretty nice troll if you ask me. Last edited by JGuy Grungeman; 02-03-2016 at 11:23 AM.

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JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	Possibly. I don't see the majority of it popularizing "heavy metal," but maybe other kinds of metal? I can see more orchestral and dramatic kinds. __________________ I'm a pretty nice troll if you ask me.

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JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	Proto-metal was intended to be a joke, really. __________________ I'm a pretty nice troll if you ask me.

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	All great stuff. Cream and Hendrix kinda set the table. LZ1 was truly the first heavy metal album IMO. I mean, come on? This is January of 1969. That's 47 ****ing years ago! __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	... The joke was that proto-metal isn't a common term, let alone enough to qualify as a popular descriptor like "proto-punk." __________________ I'm a pretty nice troll if you ask me.

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